History

822nd MP Co.

The 822nd [Military Police Company]“The advance element of the company arrived in Berlin on the fifth of July 1945, being the first Military Police to arrive or to enter Berlin.” Their duties included military and civilian investigation. In August, the company joined them in Berlin where they were assigned guard duty for the United States Control Council. Constituted 8 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 822d Military Police CompanyActivated 15 November 1944 in HollandInactivated 20 January 1947 in Germany